Robert Hellenga

Fiction Writer

Galesburg, IL

Illinois US

Email:

rhelleng@knox.edu

Website:

www.roberthellenga.com

Author's Bio

Short stories in a lot of literary magazines, most recently in Ploughshares and Agni. Seven novels and a collection that includes a novel and 8 short stories (The Truth About Death and Other Stories).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

In the Middle of the Middle West (Indiana University Press, 2003)

The Writer's Journal: 40 Contemporary Writers and Their Journals (Dell, 1997)

Books:

Snakewoman of Little Egypt (Bloomsbury USA, 2011)

Philosophy Made Simple (Little, Brown & Co., 2006)

Blues Lessons (Scribner, 2002)

The Fall of a Sparrow (Scribner, 1996)

The Sixteen Pleasures (Dell, 1995)

Journals:

Ascent

California Quarterly

Chicago Review

Chicago Tribune

Columbia Journal

Gettysburg Review

Iowa Review

Mississippi Valley Review

National Geographic

New York Times

StoryQuarterly

Crazyhorse

TriQuarterly

Prizes won:

NEA Artists Grant; six Illinois Arts Council Artists grants. Best novel award by a Midwestern writer from the Society of Midland Authors (2x). Washington Post Best Novels, Kirkus Review Top Fiction

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The Test by Dorothea Bryant, Faithful Place by Tana French, Color by Victoria Finlay

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

Italian

Born in:

Milwakee

Raised in:

Three Oaks, MI

Michigan

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Last update: Oct 11, 2016